
Eve-Riina HyrkäsUniversity of Oulu · Department of History of Ideas and Science
Eve-Riina Hyrkäs
Doctor of Philosophy
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Introduction
Current project: Profiling Theme (Profi-6) “Fibrobesity”. Physiological and behavioural determinants of obesity and fat in the history of medicine.
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July 2018 - August 2022
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Mainstream and alternative nutrition doctrines have crucially shaped our understanding of the vital aspects of and forces in human nutrition. Drawing upon a diverse array of sources, this article delves into cultural, social, and scientific conceptions of vital nutrition and how they evolved in relation to the Finnish obesity discourse from the 195...
Diabeteksen hoito tunnekäytäntönä 1900-luvun lopun suomalaisessa psykosomatiikassa Psykosomatiikka on pieni luku lääketieteen historiassa, mutta siihen perehtyminen kertoo paljon kehon ja tunteiden vuorovaikutukseen kohdistuvista käsityksistä. Tarkastelen kult-tuurintutkija Monique Scheerin 'tunnekäytäntöjen' (emotional practices) käsitteen avulla,...
By the twenty-first century, obesity has become a focus of medical concern, moralizing statements, and most significantly, alarmist rhetoric. As a case in point, the Finnish people were in danger to turn into a fat nation already in the early 1950s – or that was the claim of the anti-fat activists organized as the Association to Combat Obesity [ACO...
Combining theological and medical perspectives is indispensable for the historical study of the interconnections between mind, body, and soul. This article explores these relations through the history of Finnish psychosomatic medicine, and uses published and archival materials to examine the intellectual biography of the Finland-Swedish theologian...
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This dissertation explores how the psychosomatic concept brought together medical experts, patients and policymakers in twentieth-century Finland (ca. 1945–2000). The meanings of psychosomatics are multiple, but, in essence, the concept addresses the alleged psychosoc...
In recent decades, pain has received extensive attention from historians. However, the boundary work between organic and psychogenic pain has been less studied. To address the mind–body problem in the history of pain, this article examines how Finnish physicians in the latter half of the twentieth century have applied the psychosomatic framework to...
Koronatestitulos on negatiivinen, mutta infektion yleisoireet eivät hellitä. Lääkäri pohtii ääneen, voisiko vika olla korvien välissä. Miten tällainen ajatuksellinen hyppäys tapahtuu, kun COVID-19-taudin eteneminen ja pitkäaikaisvaikutukset ovat huonosti tunnettuja? Vastausta voi hakea infektioiden ja psykosomaattisen lääketieteen historioiden yhty...
In the Finnish medical discussion during the middle decades of the twentieth century, the challenging differential diagnostics between hyperthyroidism and various neuroses was perceived to yield a risk of unnecessary surgical interventions of psychiatric patients. In 1963, the Finnish surgeon Erkki Saarenmaa claimed that ‘the most significant mark...
This article examines how the psychosomatic approach, a holistic orientation towards health and illness, and the concept of ‘stress’ were employed in the Finnish socio-medical discussion on maternal employment during the post-war decades. The concepts of psychosomatics and stress voiced the contemporary anxieties about a changing way of life, and a...
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